Economic Development Committee
Agenda
Wednesday
November 3, 2021
Brentwood Town Hall
Agenda
Open Meeting at 6pm
Progress Report - Members
Survey Report - Jon Morgan
Website Update - Jon Morgan
Task Assignments
Public Comment
Next Meeting
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DRAFT
Economic Development Committee
11/3/2021 Minutes
In attendance: Bob Rossman, Robert Span, Kristin Aldred-Cheek, Patrick Farrell, Mac Bonafede, Darren Winham, Jon Morgan, Stefanie Beaver-Kizza (alternate), Doug Finan (Public), Kim Leo (public)
Meeting called to order at 6:01pm
Progress Report:
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Members discussed ideas, questions, challenges to collecting information regarding the parcels on Arkell Hwy/Rte. 125.
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Decision to add spreadsheet columns “Name”, “Owner Operated”, “For Sale”, “Closed”
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Discussed ensuring no non-public information added to list for privacy considerations
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Determined Jon will get Google Sheet created through town and shared with members of board to allow for collaboration in real time.
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Determined Darren will create script to use when engaging with owners
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Darren asked to make sure Brentwood has a rep at RPC
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Jon will look into this
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Pat shared his Key Messages for the Committee’s efforts
Survey Report:
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The town agreed to pay for survey development tool which will be used to build survey and collect responses
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Jon and Darren shared survey questions with the board.
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The Board offered several small edits and several additional questions to be added
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The survey will be updated and shared with the board at the next meeting
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The survey will be published online, on town website, available in library and Town Hall in hard copy
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Jon will prepare survey according to board input and bring updated version for next meeting
Website Update:
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The Committee procured www.bringittobrentwood.com as a website to offer information to those interested in relevant developments
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Jon will develop basic website and offer to board for consideration at next meeting
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Also need to connect with Karen Clement regarding an Econ. Dev. subpage on the town site
Bob offered to get Brentwood demographics data if possible
Stef Beaver offered to help with traffic data
Jon will prep UNH intern submission for consideration for next meeting
Public Input:
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Kim Leo shared idea regarding Brentwood business Facebook page
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Doug Finan (Planning Board member) shared his support and noted he was impressed with expertise, enthusiasm and direction of the committee
Next meeting Nov. 17 6pm Brentwood Town Hall (Sanborn)
Meeting adjourned at 7:24pm